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Key Features:
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The Bulk Earthworks Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Unstable ground
- Heavy machinery operation
- Hazardous materials
- 2. Site Clearing
- Flying debris
- Nearby traffic
- Noise exposure
- 3. Excavation
- Cave-ins
- Falling equipment/material
- Accident with heavy machinery
- 4. Grading
- Dust inhalation
- Sprains and strains from repetitive motions
- 5. Drainage Installation
- Tripping hazards
- Water accumulation
- Confined spaces
- 6. Compaction
- Noise exposure
- Vibration exposure
- Collisions with machinery
- 7. Quality Control Checks
- Equipment malfunction
- Slips
- trips
- and falls
- 8. Haul trucks Loading
- Collision with objects or machinery
- Overturning
- 9. Material Spreading
- Dust generation
- Accidents during machine operations
- 10. Backfilling
- Inadequate ventilation
- Cave-ins
- Falls from height
- 11. Maintaining Machinery
- Contact with harmful substances
- Burns from hot surfaces
- 12. Vehicle Operations
- Collisions
- Overturning
- Inadequate safety procedures
- 13. Filling & Concreting
- Dust exposure
- Chemical burns from wet concrete
- Exposure to UV radiation
- 14. Final Inspections
- Slips
- trips
- and falls
- Miscommunication
- Time pressure related errors
- 15. Clean Up
- Exposure to harmful substances
- Falls from height